About Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range...
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.